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Soundiron Bowed Bucket V.1.1

Description

The Bowed Bucket is what happens when you hammer together an big fat instrument out of a 5 gallon plastic bucket, a wooden 4×4 beam, bass turners and cello strings

The bucket was fitted with tuning lugs and then holes were drilled out to allow individual strings to pass through, using the bottom wall as the bridge, so that sound projected outward and down. Then a 4×4 wooden beam was affixed to the bucket and the strings were then stretched up the heavy wooden neck, roughly nailed in place and hand -tuned

Remember that old string and paper cup trick from when you were a kid? Yeah, think bigger

We bowed it, plucked it, struck it with drumsticks in a close, dry setting to get tons of tonality and then programmed it into a living, breathing self-contained bucket band. We then manipulated all that raw material to created a variety of playable atmospheric pads and ambiences to bring out the full creative potential of this rather odd contraption

Bowing the strings produces a surprisingly clean, yet rich and beefy sound, with plenty of growl and low end and a nice clear bite. It's sound is a little similar to electric cello, but with a unique rawness and body

For our percussion, we simply banged on it like an idiot, with results just as you'd expect – plastic bucket drums. We captured various bowed articulations from both inside and outside of the bucket

We also plugged in our custom polyphonic Sim-legato and Uberpeggiator systems to some instruments, just for kicks. And of course, as a bonus, we've also created a variety of very cool lead, pad, ambient droning and FX presets to expand your creative options